Gate valve



W. W. MOHR GATE VALVE Oct. 11, 1932.

Filed Dec. 5, 1950 //VVE/V7'O/Q. WALTER W M0 HE.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 11, 1932 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFIEE' WALTER w. MQHR, or onioAGo, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNOR To THE EnwAnnvALvE AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA, A CORPORATION F ILLINOIS GATE VALVE Application filed December 5, 1930. Serial at. 500,205.

My invention relates to an improved con struction of forged steel valves of the gate valve type, for use with fluids under high pressure and temperature.

Forged steel valves arerequired to control the flow of fluid under high'pressure and partment for the valve mechanism per se, andthe passages for fluid flow, being subsequently made in the solid blanks by drilling operations in connection with finishing thebody blanks for use.

As a result of thelimitations imposed'by p boring the compartment forthe valve per se, I in a solid forged steel blank, devices oom- 'monly used heretofore in gate valve construotions, for holding the valve memberof the gate valve in alignment with the valve seats, cannot be successfullyor effectively w employed. In connection'with gate valves having bodies of cast metal, two different constructions have heretofore been employed to maintain the valve member of the gate valve in alignment with the valve seats as follows first, grooves have been formed in the cast metal body at the time of making the casting, to receive lugs extending from the valve member, and second, grooves have been formed in'the valve member to be engaged by ribs or lugs extending inwardly from the inner wall of the cast metalbody. In making forged steel valve bodies in the manner described, it is not practicable to form lugs or ribs extending into the compartment for the valve member, on account of the compartment being formed by a boring operation or operations, and where grooves in the inner surface of the valve body are relied upon to cooperate with lugs on the valve member, the

grooves tend to fill with foreign matter,'particularly where the valves are used'in oil refining operations to control the flow of hot oil from one location to another, in which service, tar and coke deposits occur. 7

- By my present invention the diiliculties referredto are avoided, by providing a guiding construction consisting of grooving the valve member and providing guideways for the valve member in the compartment-in the valve body, which are separate from the valve body and held in place at their'ends by the valve bodyat one end and by the valve bonnet at the other end, thus providing eflectiv'e guide members or rods for engaging the grooves in the valve member, without'interfering with-the boring operation or operations required in making the valve compartment in the forged steel valve body, and with out in any way complicating the making of said compartment.

My invention will best be understood by reference to the j accompanying drawing showing a preferred embodiment thereof'i'n which Fig, '1 illustrate my improved construction in vertical, central, sectional view through the fluid passages formed in the valvebody, Fig. 2is a sectional view of apart of the construction shown in Fig. 1 taken along the line 2 2, and A Fig. 3- is a sectional view of a part of the construction shown in Fig. 1 taken along the line 3-3.

Similar numerals refer to'similar parts throughout the several views.

As shownin Fig. 1, myvalve construction consists of afforged steel body provided with a valve compartment 11, formed by a boring operation or operations, the upper end of the compartment 11 being closed bya bonnet 12,the upper end of the bonnet having secured thereto 'a plurality oflpillars 13,;but

one of which is shown, supporting a yokel l provided with a threaded yoke bushing 15, which bushing is internally threaded to engage corresponding threads on the valve stem 16 extending through the bonnet 12 to engage and operate the valve member 17 of the gate valve. A ha'nd wheel 18 is secured to the out er-endof th'evalve stem 16'asindi'cated. The bonnet 12'also has secured to its upper end by bolts 19, but one of which is indicated, a gland member 20 for holding the packing material in the stuffing box 21' formed in the bonnet 12 around the valve stem 16. The

able connection flanges are preferably ,pro

Jvlided .on the valve body, around the outer ends of said passagesl The inner ends of the passages 23 and 24am oounterbored .and threaded to receive the threads of the tubular valve seats 25 and 26 respectively, the V-inner' ends of which form the seating suriaces for engagement with opposite faces ofwthexvalve member vl7; which opposite faces are inclined towards each other at their :lower. :endsiirom parallelism, by amounts corresponding ,to

the upward inclination zof the ax es I ofthe Q passages-23-and -24, to tacilitatetightly-seating the valve member between; and -%against I the valveseatsandto more quickl-yiopen the valve than if the opposite faces rof the. valve member werepanallel. I The inner end :sur faces of-the valve-seatsfzand-26fare penpendicular to their-axes respectively. Asmore clearlyrshown in F'g. 3,

. -end;o-i:' thevalve member 17 is-p'rovided with 1 side :of the valve member, :to receive theihead an undercut groove 27 opening through one .l6a :fdrmdon. the lower end of {the valve :stem 16., so :thatrgthewvalve member mayibe placed on the lower end of theivalve stemby .yrelatively lateral (movement, after? which, as .Ilong' as the valve member :and valve Sstem are maintained substantially in aligmnent with eachother separation .ocflthe valve member qandava'l-ve stem is prevented. As :shown in Fig. 3, the opposite edge portionszof'thevalve ,memberlZ, between the 'seat-engagangiiiaces thereof, are provided withigrooves 28-and 29 substantially parallel with the a'x-is 'ofrthe valve member 17 and valve stem16,;inwvhich grooves, iron 01613261 mods 89 :and 81 respec- {timely ;are held in sl dingwengagement and separate from the bodyfihydisposingtheiends of said-rods 8(0 and 31sha-l-lowholes therefor as more clearly shown in Fig.2, the lower ends of said rods tightly tittingmespectkively in holesr32 and in the lower end wall of the here forming, the. valve compartment 11, while the upper ends of :said {rods-rare contained; in corresponding, holes '84 and 35 termed inathe lower-end -.of =the' =b.onn'et 12, which lefitefidsdlkfiffl' closes the upper end i the -.compartment ill the bonnet is secured in place on the valve body. The rods 30 and 81 are pretera-hly pointed at their entry into the holes upper ends asindicated to .taei l-itate their 3a -and 35 in assemblingthparts. I e a.

As a result of the'constructi on described, the bone torming the valve compartment 11 may be made in just the'same manner that her .on the guide rods.

the upper;

it would be made if there were no problem of guiding the valve member 17; the grooves 28 and 29 in the valve member 17, open freely at their lower ends and this in conjunction with the slidingof the valve member on the zrods 30 and 31, prevents the deposit of for eignmatter in the grooves; and the construction-and relation of the guide rods 30 and 31 issuch that thereis no tendency .for foreign matter to deposit the rods inamanner to interferewith movement of the valveinem- In this manner, the valve member is aiiorded a positive guide,

.the valve member is maintained in alignment with the valve stem due to the groove 27 extendi-nggtransversely 0f the plane 20f the'axes of the rods 30 and 31, ;and:the valve member is maintained in :alignment with thekfaces of the valve seats 25 and26 engage'dshyityto'the f end that the valve :memberas at all times in aposition' to be-accurately seated iagainst theaces ofy thevalve iseats when the valve is closed. '3 1 7 While I have "shown my invention in athe particular -embodiment :ab'ove :described,-x it will be understood that ,I/dosnot :liinit myself to this exact construction as I may employ f-equivalents known to the ant-cat 'the gtimeuof the ifiling of this application without departing trom the. scope ocfi-{the appended claims.

What I cla'i-mjisff p 1. Guiding means for gate valve memhers of steelvalves for high pressures having --o'rged- Qs'teel bodies 2- and b onnets ior wolosixig' them, said bodies carrying opposed valve seats, :and gate valve-members fmova-ble TlllO engage and clear -,said s'eats, said :guziding means for valves of the kind described comprising thezcombination witha bodyzandbonnetof such a v'alve'ofig uide rods substantially parallel with the path. of'travel ofithe valve -Inember of thelvalve, the valve member of the valve having edger-grooves for-receiving xasai-d rods, said :body having a shal-low hole in its inner-"surface" forvone end of each of. said rods, and said bonnet having in its inner surface a shallow hole for "the "other, end er each of :said rods, said 5 shallow holes extending but part way'through said :body andsaid bonnet, wherebysaidbodyand isa-id :b'onnet are imperforate and Pntegral around thezends of saidrods. i J

- 2. Guiding means for :gate valve members }of steel valves for high pressures having iorged steel bodies and bonnets for "closing- .them, said, bodiesfcarrying opposed valve vseats-,Iand gate val-vemembers movable. to

engages-and clear said seats, said guiding means for valvesao-fi'the lnnd described :com-

.pr'i sing the combination with a body and bonnet of such a valve of guide rods suh .stantially parallel; with the path oftravelof the valve member of the valve, the valve member of the valve having edge-grooves for receiving v said, rods, said body having a shallow hole in its inner surface for one end of each of said rods, and said bonnet having in its inner surface a shallow hole for the other end of each of said rods, said shallow holes extendingbut part way through said body and said bonnet, whereby said body and said bonnet are imperforate and integral around the ends of said rods, said shallow holes in said body tightly fitting said rods to hold them in alignment during assembly of the valve.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 1st day of December, A. D.

WALTER W. MOI-IR. 

